Dialup congestion and winter weather (fwd)

[multics () ruserved com]

An important question to ask people reporting this   type of problem is
are they getitng a normal busy (all modems busy) or a fast busy (telco
out of circuits).  Two very different problems.  An ISP can work on
fixing the first, but the second is a telco with a shortage of circuits
between the customer and the isp.

> It seems like a lot of people are at home, dialing into the Internet
> today.  There is a major ice storm in the middle of the country, and
> its pretty much a holiday week elsewhere.  Traffic seems to be moving on
> the major backbones, but some folks in the midwest report some problems
> dialing in from home.

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